RAPID REGULATION OF PDE-2 AND PDE-4 CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE ACTIVITY FOLLOWING LIGATION OF THE T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR ON THYMOCYTES -ANALYSIS USING THE SELECTIVE INHIBITORS ERYTHRO-9-(2-HYDROXY-3-NONYL)-ADENINE (EHNA) AND ROLIPRAM
Am. Michie et al., RAPID REGULATION OF PDE-2 AND PDE-4 CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE ACTIVITY FOLLOWING LIGATION OF THE T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR ON THYMOCYTES -ANALYSIS USING THE SELECTIVE INHIBITORS ERYTHRO-9-(2-HYDROXY-3-NONYL)-ADENINE (EHNA) AND ROLIPRAM, Cellular signalling, 8(2), 1996, pp. 97-110
The PDE2, cyclic GMP-stimulated, and the PDE4, cyclic AMP-specific enz
ymes provide the major, detectable cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activi
ties in murine thymocytes. In the absence of cyclic GMP, PDE4 activity
predominated (similar to 80% total) but in the presence of low (10 mu
M) cyclic GMP concentrations, PDE2 activity constituted the major PDE
activity in thymocytes (similar to 80% total). The PDE4 selective inh
ibitor rolipram dose-dependently inhibited thymocyte PDE4 activity (IC
50 similar to 65 nM). PDE2 was dose-dependently activated (EC(50) simi
lar to 1 mu M) by cyclic GMP and inhibited by erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-n
onyl)-adenine (EHNA) (IC50 similar to 4 mu M). EHNA was shown to serve
as a selective inhibitor of PDE-2 activity as assessed from studies u
sing separated PDE1, PDE2, PDE3 and PDE4 species from hepatocytes as w
ell as human PDE2 and PDE4 enzymes. EHNA completely ablated the abilit
y of cyclic GMP to activate PDE2 activity, whilst having a much smalle
r inhibitory effect on the unstimulated PDE2 activity. EHNA exhibited
normal Michaelian kinetics of inhibition for the cyclic GMP-stimulated
PDE2 activity with Hill plots near unity. Apparent negative co-operat
ive effects were seen in the absence of cyclic GMP with Hill coefficie
nts of similar to 0.3 for inhibition of PDE2 activity. Within 5 min of
challenge of thymocytes with the lectin phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) the
re was a transient decrease (similar to 83%) in PDE-4 activity and in
PDE2 activity (similar to 40%). Both anti-CD3 and anti-TCR antibodies
also caused an initial reduction in the PDE4 activity which was follow
ed by a sustained and profound increase in activity. In contrast to th
at observed with PHA, anti-TCR/CD3 antisera had little effect on PDE2
activity. It is suggested that, dependent upon the intracellular conce
ntrations of cyclic GMP, thymocyte cyclic AMP metabolism can be expect
ed to switch from being under the predominant control of PDE4 activity
to that determined predominantly by PDE2 activity. These activities m
ay be rapidly and differentially regulated following ligation of diffe
rent cell surface receptors.